Arrowleaf elephant's ear vs Asian Barbastelle

Xanthosoma sagittifolium compared with Barbastella darjelingensis

Key Differences

• Arrowleaf elephant's ear is Not Evaluated while Asian Barbastelle is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Arrowleaf elephant's ear	Asian Barbastelle
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Alismatales (Alismatales)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Araceae	Vespertilionidae
Genus	Xanthosoma	Barbastella
Species	Xanthosoma sagittifolium	Barbastella darjelingensis

Conservation Status

Arrowleaf elephant's ear

NE — Not Evaluated

Asian Barbastelle

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Arrowleaf elephant's ear	Asian Barbastelle
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Arrowleaf elephant's ear

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands spanning the Indomalayan and Neotropic realms.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (9 countries), Asia (4 countries), North America (9 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (7 countries), and South America (Colombia).

Asian Barbastelle

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Taiwan.

Arrowleaf elephant's ear

The Arrowleaf elephant's ear, Xanthosoma sagittifolium, is a species. Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands spanning the Indomalayan and Neotropic realms.

Asian Barbastelle

Asian barbastelle (Barbastella darjelingensis) is a species in the genus Barbastella. It is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇹🇼 Taiwan